The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 'lf the rumours recited in the last clause of our city ar ticle be, even bOt in part, well founded, the King of France's opposition fleet in the Tagus may cease to be. as useful in preserving the peace of Portugal as Mr. Canning boasted, if it cannot, however, preserve the, peace, it may serve to give a turn to the war. Should the constitu tional a nd-sereile,parties in that country bring their dis putes to the fate of arms, we should say that a British fleet, supposing one to have been casually, in the port of Lisbon; had nothing to do in the business : but the oppo sition fleet of his Majesty the King of France, manned by British seamen, paid by English money, and placed in the Tagus for the purpose of controolling the land forces of the said King of France, is in a very different situation. If the Servile!! make, head. against.the Constitution, it is obvious that• they: are enabled to do so through the contiguity of Spain.s.-that is, of France, for Spain is France now ; and the a opposition fleet" must, of course, defend the party to which-its presence gives confidence :if not, it betrays that party; it excites it to measnres to which it would not otherwise have resorted, and deserts it when those mea sures 'create resistance. Were we among the 'Portuguese politicians, we should very so•n put the, utility of the op position fleet to the test ; for we should pursue the rebels that sought shelter in Spain—attack the first town that received them--and then, if -the Spaniards pursued us across the frontier, call for the aid of the marines on board the King of France's opposition fleet.--Tinier. A Report, which bee been printed by order of the House of Commcins, on the subject. of " commitments " for , contempt" of Court, is, we trust, the forerunner only ,of some contempt* on the part of -the Legislature to cut away or restrain a branch of the Equity process, which is in its origin and- principle no less odious, than in its practice it seems liable to operate upon individuals with a severity often proportioned to their ignorance and incapacity of self-defence. The Report in questioe is in answer to an address of the Ranee of Commons, for re turns of the several persons who have been committed to the Fleet and other gaols in England and Wales, for con tempts, 'under process of the Courts of Chancery and Ex chequer„,eince the iWI of July, 1820, with copies of their several commitments, stating who have died, and who have been discharged, and when, and how many now re main in custody ; also a return of the number of, persons who were confined for contempt on the 11th of July afore said, and how many of them have died or been discharg s ed, and at what time, and how many remain in custody. On turning over the papa of this, voluininous return, it would be unfair to, say that .we hive lighted on many in stances of imprisonment of very long duration; although some there are, for years , together ,, and numbers for several months. Yet what disasters may be accumulated upon a family from the commitment of its chief or most active member for even one month or- leis I What loss of credit and disturbance of, business, and inevitable and irrepar able ruin Between five hundred and six hundred prisoners have become such in the different gaols of England and Wales, exclusive of the ,Fleet pri son, from which no return, but an evasive sort of apology has been received to this process of contempt since July 1820. The numbers in the Fleet would, it is probable, much exceed in amount the whole contents of all the other gaols, it being the grand receptacle of Chancery and Exchequer prisoners. But let the numbers be great T. small, the practice ought to be severely sifted, and so tar as we can judge, subjected to considerable alteration. It is known to be a continuation of the old process of the Star Chamber, and a worthy substitute for the peine forte et dure, had recourse to for the extortion 'of evidence which could in no other way be obtained ; bat long _since, in every form ,except the present, rejected with abhorrence by the humanity of the law of England. Any man, who pleases to file a bill against a person in obscure life and humble circumstances, may get him incarcerated on pre. tenee of his refusing to answer, when his only offence has , been a perfect ignorance of the forms of eluity, or an ins.' bility to pay the enormous expence of getting an attorney to prepare and put in an answer to the false allegations of his persecutor.. That such, cases have occurred we think the public is already informed, through the complaints ad dressed, in more than one instance, to' the House of Com mons ; that they should not be repeated, every one will agree; and, indeed, when we recollect that this imprison- , ment for contempt is not so often for the satisfaction of a debt. (the ordinary principle of a writ of capias in the Conits of Common Law) as for the compulsion of testi mony, or under pretext. of compelling it, there are few who will be disposed to recognise it as a fair and characterittie method. of proceeding against the personal freedom of .t~nbtlirh men.—lbid. Tto public, we believe, will readily give us credit for having been neither the advpcates nor apologists of Mr. Hume, on the subject of the unfortunate disclosures which have taken place relative to the (reek Loan. There was one observation which we made upon the occasion (viz. that Mr. Home's patriotism, like Acres's couraged, " oozed out at his fingers' ends ") which seemed to be felt as - keenly by Mr. Hume himself as any thing Which has been said upon the subjeet. The truth is, that having no party or private ends to serve, and looking upon the characters of public men as publieproperty, end ItnoWing too, the value of Mr. Iltune'i past and prospeetive services to the state, it was with unfeigned regret that we raw his chit racter involved in a low struggle for money, and foretold,. as the event has, pro.ved, with what eagerness any slur upon so formidable an opponent to abuse and corruption would be caught et by thote.who thrive anti fatten-upon public. plunder. Our readers, therefore, cannot be surprised that we have been no parties to the kind e* dead-set which lies been made against Mr. Hume by part of what is considered the independent portion of the 'Press. There are views and mot i ves ; there are' wheels within wheels, the nature of the intricate Machinery of which we do not recess to on.; derstand or unravel ; but this we are convinced of, that. those who are most,loud hi condemnation of Mr. Humes ran just as readily shut their eyes to affairs of ten times greater moment, when similar motives , do not urge them to a similar-display of zeal. Retaining the same opinion of condemnation and of regret which we originally ex pressed upon the subject, it is - due to Mr: Hume to say, that the part which he has taken during the few days on which the , present Parliament has met , has bee n more than suffiCient wipe out twice the extent of his trantigree elm :The extent . of Mr. Hurne'e selfishness resolves itself into 0544 We heartily wish that there were' among, those who so. warmly, condemn him, none' whose love of rtionoY.ltas not Wen improperly gratified (and that too at the expense of their own country) to the extent of many t ime as many 010116444 g: Whatever may be Mr. Home's d eme rits in the single - instance of the Greek Loan, we may confidently challenge any amen to impute personal motives to him in any onetranch of 'his Parliamentary, Conduct. Here h e stands at least , pure and unsullied i"and, while many , o f t he Gentlemen opposite," by w h om h e ;„ ant sounded, are ready to eerie any opportunity of deserting him, and of war ehipping " the pow ers t h at b e, " he h as been and Continues the n° ll4ll , lll l 4 °lrdsing sdvocate of that reform and,economy whiclifrthg cauntrY at knee is so ileeply interested. The effectual exposure Nebio, lie made vieti t i hitt to of the dead-weight sy stem, on Wednesdey last, i s a str iki ny proof of this. His statements ,upon that. eontn occasion, patiently Weighed and considefifd, toast y the mind of every impar tial man. et where, a r pz sing, occasion, were the perso ns who hakonly been promising, earnest and a few months ago, to their eonetituente, un ceasing endeavour to redo.* the public har d e ns . st ? a the greater part of them were its' silent as th ; white such as did speak were 'mind th e read y , vo t ary edvoeates, of "things as they arerand the:eulogists 'of a system which manifestly goes to make, what has been con sidered, and which is, in its nature, &s.temporarl burden, perpetual I We are- glad, therefore' to find that Tx. Hume is notulismayed, onto be deterred from pursuing the tenor of his useful career, by the unfair and exaggerated use which has been made of, his one error. We repeat our regret that that error has ever been committed. But the ptinlie at large have justice and discrimination enough to know where to draw the line, and will not,. for one fault, obliterate the' debt of gratitude which they owe for a long series of valuable services.—Morning Herald. The state of the manufacturing districts is hecomingdaily more deplorable, or rather, more desperate.. The destitu tion of the working classes is beyond precedent. No rents have latterly, been paid, and nothing haiOieen left for the landlord to seize but a truss or two of often used straw. 7— Some of the poor' people, we understand, have forced their way to town, in order to have a'peotion presented against the Corn Laws, which they consider a priMary cause of their dreadful condition. .The Petition which is from Glasgow has received upwardi of 9,000 signatures, and will be presented, it is expected, on Friday. The misery with which they have struggled could not have been en dured, had-it not been for the . very strong dependance which the operatives of the North place upon the intentions of Ministers us to the Corn Laws, the modification of Taxes, and Emigration. It was generally expected that the duty on printed goods would he taken off on the first meeting of Parliament, as a legitimate mode of furnishing immediate relief ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer not having communicated such an intention, the operatives now look with intense anxiety to the Corn Laws and Emi gration.—llforning Chronicle. TI4 redoubtable Mr. Boehsa has a second time expe rienced the advantage of our admirable Law of Libel.— With the aid of an I?..ngliiih jury, it will be surprising, in deed, if he stops in his victorious career, till he have thrown every Newspaper Printer in London into prison. Some years ago, a butcher, of Tottenham, rushed into a 1:00111 in which a tinnily was assembled, and after cutting the throats of three or four persona, suddenly stopped, and when asked how it happened, that, as all were in his power, he did not liroceed.s,vith the rest, he answered he could not, for the Devil flapped him in the face, and lie was tumble to see. Some of our contemporaries may wish for some auxiliary to flap Mr. Boehm. What alarms us most, is lest the . pious Archbishop of York, who dismissed him from the Royal Academy of Music, should have inadvertently laid ► himself open to proAecution. iSut his Grace, and the other patrons of the Institution, will, perhaps, soften Mr. Bochsa, by restoring him to his situation.—ibid. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DKC. 4. PRACTICE OF THE COURT. BRIOOS V. A DAUS. In this cause au injunction had been granted, to restrain the defendant from proceeding, in an action . at law, .• against the plain tiff, for the recovery of a sum of money. The dispute arose out of some partnership transactions.—The injunction was dissolved. WOODS V. LINDSAY AND ANCYfIfiR. In this case a bill was filed to compel the defendants to pay iutp Court a large sum of money, which bad come into their hands as executors. It was also prayed, that they may be re strained , from possessing themselves of any further part of the assets of the deceased. The Vwx-CetANcituna directed that the injunction should go to restrain the defendant in question from possessing himself of any further part of the assets of the deceased, or from negociat ing any bill of exchange which might form part of said assets. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WItiTMINSTKR, DEC. 4.. WILLIAM!) V. PATRICK. This was an action brought by the prnehuin unit' of a boy, 11 years of age, to recover u compensation in damages from the de fendant, for the injury the boy had sustained by a ladder which had been improperly placed by the defendant against a house in Rogemary-lane, falling on him. ' The defence attempted to be set up was, that the ladder had been placed there by the assistance of the defendant, only for the use of another person, who was produced as a witness. The Loan Cnntr'.l swan having summed up the evidence, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff--Damages, 201. R'RF,RIFF'S COURT, MIDDLESEX,. Dv.e, 4. DIMAINE Yq Tlll 111`. , KATIIERI/4161 DOCK COIMANY. In this calms jllr. Richard' main, a distiller and rectiliet, re hiding in St. Katherine's-lane, W 4,1 the plaintiff, and *Ought to recover compensation from the St. Katherine's Dock Company for the good will of his trade, which had been annihilated by the pill • ling down of his extensive premises to make room for the construc tion of the New Docks. Mr. HENCHMAN, the Under Sheriff, summed up, and the Jury awarded,Mr. Demaine 2,0001. for the good will, which is 1,170/. less than he claimed. KIN(PS BENCH, DUBLIN, DEC. I. ARI,UCTIOW4--AN IRISH WAKIFIET.b. Mr. PRIMP' applied to the Court in ease in which a writ of habeas corpus had been leaned, on the 15th of last month, to John Place, requiring him to bring up the body of Mary Christie, otherwise Place, that the period for complying with this writ may ' be enlarged. his object in making this motion principally was to prevent the young lady from being exposed ire open Court. A pretended marriage had taken place between her and an indivi dual of the name of Christie, about two years ago; in a roam in Smithfield. The COURT—No cohabitation followed ? MI% 'lbruarN—No, my Lords. She was carried away by this man on her way to school, and he sent her back there in a coach immediately after the pretended marriage. A relative OM saw her stepping out of the coach tent word to her parents,' who had her brought home, when she told them what had occurred. Chris. tie fled the country. The young lady is not yet 17. The COURT asked, did tie wish to enlarge the order for a fort night? - Mr. Puatw said he did. This was a case which exceeded in •iinpudence - even that of Wakefield. He would have the necessary affidavits ready for 'the rising of the Court. The Count---Enlarge the time for a fortnight,....4rish Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-J-lOUSE.—Yesititdai-. a .watchman appeared to answer the complaint of Mr.;!:liiael Alexander, a, well.known horse-dealer.- , Mr. Alexander ittated, -- that about two o'clock one morning last week' he left the -. Castle Ifivern, Pore-Street, in com pany with i:drunken friend (Mr. Pickford, the wharfinger and carrier). He (Mr. Alexande)' was conducting his drunken friend home, when, without theslightest ground whateVer, the defendant seitetthem, and Contitided them to the watch-house. There the night constable heard their case, and, seeing no cause to detain them, discharged them. The watchman, however, was not to be disappointed. He followed them, recaptured them, and lodged them in the watch-house.. On their way thither he kept " nudging ". them in the ribs with a short stick, manifestly with the intention of getting them to strike him, and enabling him to make money of the assault. The LORD Mayon., as the assault was positively sworn to by the complainant, ordered the watchman to enter into his own re cognisance, to appear and answer the charge preferred against hint at the Sessions. His Lordship commented on the conduct of Mr. Pledger, the landlord of the Castle Tavern, in allowing parties to remain drinking in his house at so late an hour. Mr. Alexander spoke of this house being a tavern, and not within the purview of the common regulations for public-houses, any more than was the London' Tavern. The Loan MAYOR declared, that if the Sheriff of London kept a public-house, or tavern, as it might be called, and were proved to have suffered tippling in his house at a forbidden hour, he would fine him. He (the Lord Mayor) should at all times be ready to prove, that there was not one law fur the rich and atm ther for the poor. James Perkins, the driver of the Blackwell coach No. 6,018, was charged with having furiously driven the horses of his coach, to the great danger of his Majesty's subjects. The Lotto Mayon, as the fact was distinctly sworn to by Wheeler, convicted the defendant in the penalty of h/. His Lord ship, at the same time, declared, with respect to these short stages, that they were allowed to stand in the streets upon sufferance ! . and - that if the instances of misconduct were repeated, he would un doubtedly prevent their standing there at all. QUEEN-SQUARE.---Mr. James Hallet, a churchwarden belonging to St. John's parish, Westminster, appeared to show cause why he refused to pay the stun of Si. 10s. on an order of Mr. Marriott, for the attendance of three engines, and the turn , cock, at a fire in the chimney of - Walmsley, Esq. residing at No. 8, Abingdon-street. Mr. Walrusle s 'y did net attempt to deny that the chimney mighi Itave been on fire, but that all fears subsided within ten minutes, It was occasioned by isome soot waking a lodgment. His servant informed him of the circumstance, while he was attending the .House of Lords. He returned Louie and the fire was out. There were no engines at that time, neither were they required. Under these grounds he considered himself not liable. Mr. Msanton said, that there was an admission of the fire, but he, with his colleague (Mr. White), were of opinion' that only the first engine was entitled to the reward, exclusive of the turneock. The award was then mule out at 40s. instead of Si. 10s. TOWN-HALL—A student of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hos pital was charged yesterday, by Mr. John Nimmn, with stealing from his shop a number of valuable books. Mr. Nimmo stated, that having lately missed several books, he was led to suspect the prisoner and a companion of his, both of whom frequently came to his shop, and looked over his . stock, but never p urchased any thing. On Thursday last, on his return from the city, he discovered some more books gone. The pri soner was in consequence taken into custody ; among the books purloined, were " Armstrong's New Druggist's Price Book," "'A Century of Surgeons," two copies of the " London Dissec tors," and several lecture books, all of whoM he confessed to have taken. . _ _ The prisoner pleaded being seduced into the commission of the act by his companion. • The connexions of this imprudent young man are• Of the greatest respectability in the West of England.—He was remanded. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, THURSPAT, DIO. 7. (At the Court of Commissioners.) Niat 4'411, T., College-hill, Iron-merchant—l N kal I, S., Basing liall-stt eet, huihler-1 COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDAY, Dec. 7. Denison, H., Liverpoot—George, tiverpool—i Dillon, J., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford—l l Foulkes, J., Chester—George, Liverpool-12 Garbett, R., Wellington—Seven Stars, Ketley-11 Harris, J., Leamington Priors—Royal Hotel, Leamingtou---19 Hopkins, W. jun., Northatnpton—Guildhall, Nortlianipton--3 Langston, R., Manchester—White's, Manchester-2 Littlewood, J., Honley—Packhorse, Huddersfield-11 Mundy, S. jut'., Bradford—Castle and Ball, Bath—lo Porter, S., North Lopliani —King's Head, Dies-10 Ragg, R., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 Ruination, J., Huddersfield—George, Huddersfield-1U Rice, J., Great Torrington—Barnstaple inn, Exeter-10 Shannon, J., Liverpool—George, Stafford-4 Friday, December O. Bell, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 • Boor, J., Warminster—Lamb, Hindon-10 Carter and Carnt'orth, Liverpool—George, Liverpool-12 Clouter, R., Bedininster—Rummer tavern, Bristol-2 Coates, W. sem and jun., Newcastle-upon-Tyne—George, New castle-11 Cope, C., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-1 Crawford, N., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-12 Dillon, J., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford-11 Drewett, N., Emsworth in Warblington—Crown, Emsworth in Wart)lington-12 Edwards, T., Halstead—White Hart, Boeking-11 Ferns and Co., Manchester White's, Manchester-2 Hardie D., Liverpool--George, Liverpool-1 Harrison, W., Nottingham—Ram, Nottingham-11 Haviland, W., Gloucester—Fleece, Gloucester-11 Hill, W., Manchester—White's; Manchester-1 Hopkins, W., Northanipton-- , Guildhall, Northampton--10 Knight, J. and 8., Bradford—Star, Manchester-11 Luke, W., Liverpool—Mr. Hinde, Liverpool-11 Mundy, S. jun., Bradford—Castle and Ball, Bath-11 Owen, 1, Salford—Royal Hotel, Manchester-10 Pitt, J., Edwin Ralph, lierefordshire—Hop Market Inn, Wor cester-12 Ragg, lt., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 Reed, G., Newcaittle-tipon-Tyne—George, Newcastle-.. 11 Richards, C., Cheltenham --- Roya l Hotel, Birmingham-11 Shannon, J.; Liverpool—George, Stafford-10 Sheath and Co., Lincoln—Peacock, Boston-1Q Simpson, R. - , Menchester—Starand Glider, Liverpool-2 Thomas, J., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-12 Young, S., NOttinghatn—Ram, Nortinghani —1 1 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be beard at Portugal-street, Lon• den, Dec. 8, at Niue. - • Boyde, 3, Alfred terrace, Stepney, sawyer Carver, S., Edgeware-road, spinster Choice, D., Kentish Town, dealer Dickerson, It., Jersey, mariner Gillman, W., Brick-lane, St. Luke's, hatter Haigh, S., Lambeth, gro cer Hall, IL, Lambeth, baker • Peace, A., Comberforth, •Yorkshire• fancy goods m a nufac t* Shackleton, W., Mint -street, victualler Simmons, S., Brighton, hatter Smith, b,, Spa-fields, jeweller Tilley, T., Islington, corn chandler Winter, Wt, Clakenwell, plumber Woods, R., Stockwell, coach muter • Wood, J., East Harding -street, cutler Same place, 1')e0. 9) at Ten. Barnett, J., Regent)) Quadrant, professor of music Bond, 3., Wimbledon, Surrey, bookseller Bowler, A., Southwark-bridge -road, widow Britten, Seven-Dials, coach-Smith • Brown, W., Whitechapel, iron-founder Hebberd, .1., Hammersmith, niilk dealer Hillman, W. Lower Ma rs h, L am beth, shopkeeper J ac k, A., Wild -street, ship steward Kilsby, A., Peter-streel,' Westminster, 'compositor Lindsay, H.; Craven-stre e t, City-road, clerk L o ok, J., New K ent road ; merchant - Mason, J., Waterl oo - roa d , gardener - Nichol', W., Quildford-at tes t, Southwark) rope-maker Peyton, It, Strand, shoemaker Wilkinson*, J., Newington, clerk COUNTRY.--At the TawnHail, Cardiff, Ductuibvr 9, al Eleven. Morgan, J., Merthyrtidril , miner Wild, J., Marthyrtiilyil, collier PROGRESS OF THE REFORMATION. The Reformation is proceeding with increasing rapidity,. The Church of Cavan presented a gratifying scene on Sunday last. Forty-three converts renounced there the errors of. Pope)) , in- which they had been reared, and em braced the saving truths of the Gospel as held by' the Es tablished Church. The Bishop of Kilmore was present, and assisted in the interesting service. 'The number of col versions in the Church of Cavan alone stands as follows October 8 22 20 Nov. .. 20 .... 43 Rti Thus froM the Bth of October to the 26th of Novem ber, a term of eight weeks, no !HS than 133 persons, male and female, have conformed to the Established Church ! Dub/in Evening Ilfait. One of the most extraordinary leaps ever heard of, was effected by a deer, before the 'Elul of Derby's bounds. The animal had been turned out, and an old bound pricked upon him. It wee at Whickluon-court, Kent ; when a hedge, of some height, stopped, for a moment, his progress. He, however, desperately went at it, cleared the obstruction, together with a 40-feet tura pike-road and the hedge beyond, alighting safely on the other side. Annals of Ilporting. A NRW LIGIIT.--An illuminated clock, or rather a clock with a transparent dial, he been long wanted in this greet metropolis to remind those who " walk in darkness and the shadows of night," that trmpus fupit is an incontroverti ble truth. In Liverpool, Manchester, and one or two more pro vincial towns, illuminated clocks have been introduced, and their shins is fully appreciated ; yet, strange to say, the City of Lon don—tius hirth-plage of invention--hae not been able to boast of this accommodation, though it has long been contemlated at S. PAttrik, but wherefore negle c ted know The Cl urch we not. on Saturday night, by placing ?*ardott* of St. Bride's and the Church Improvement Committee have deteruline4 on setting the example. The experiment was tried the cloek, a glass dial in the circle intended for behind which a powerful gas-conductor is fixed, and the rays of light being reflected on the face of the clock, made the points of time as dLitinctly visible as they are at St. Paul's at i° ,r7 - dglat The anpeirane e , w h en v i ewe d f rom Fleet-street; t i , was at once novel and agreeable, and attracted a vast cicned of: .There can be no doubt lu Y. the newly-opeho vi sta hut the example will be follow very generally. FIELD SPORTS FOR DECEMBER, (From the Annals of Sporting.) List ! 'Tie the echo of the cheering horn, Borne on the gales o'er hill, and gorse-clad plain ; And lo ! what gallant riders greet the morn, What coursers bound to hear the gladsome strain! Again, and still more glorious comes the cry, 'Ti. the blithe music of the gathering chase ; Now hear that crash of matchless melody, As is proud rivalry the , good pack race. Who would not, like a greyhound slippid, now Hy And struggle dauntless for the foremost place? Thee, too, December, doth the Courser seek, The Fowler too ; nay, all who take the geld; For though thy morns be dark, thy days be bleak, They still to us do gloriousfle/d-sports yield. A. M. T. Juz:. . _ To the observations which appeared in our last number, ap pertaining to field.sports, we 'hare little new to,offer ; we shall, therefore, merely add that hunting will, during this mouth, reach what may be truly called its zenith ; whilst, on the other hand, shooting, as far at least as relates to the mountains and moors, will decline :—the pursuit of grouse, black and red, ending on the 10th of December. In looking to the legal restrictions regarding the pursuit of game, we find that the period for prohibiting it has been generally regulated by the nature of the animals pursued ; more especially, with reference to the breeding season. Yet, we are inclined to think that, in regard to grouse, if at least what we have just stated were taken for a guide, the time has been anticipated, since these birds, though they feel the access of de sire sooner than most others of the feathered tribe, seldom ap proach each other before the commencement of the year, and not even then, should the weather be severe. But the circumstance of grouse shooting ending at an early period is of little consequence to the sportsman, since those birds become wild, and, indeed, un approachable (at least by fair and sportsman-like means) lung be fore the 10th of December. Partridges were never found more abundant than in the present season ; and though they will continue to be fair gams during this and the following month, yet few will he bagged, since, after October, they become wild, take wing on the most remote sus picion of danger, and if the fowler obtains a few shots at thtm, it must be under particular circumstances, or the result of acci dental contact. Pheasants always permit the approach of the shooter, and will, in all probability, suffer much during December, particu larly from that wholesale system ofbattu ',hooting, against which we must indeed " cry aloud and spare not.' The practice is out of all comparison more ignoble than shooting tame pigeons, or foraging for a rook pye. Woodcocks.—From the appearance of these birds at an earlier period than usual, many sportsmen calculated upon abundance, as well as upon a severe winter. It is a generally received opinion that the one as a matter of course accompanies the other. How ever, as far as our own observation will enable us to form an opi nion, woodcocks have not appeared in more than an average num ber,—if indeed they have equalled it. Snipes seldom fail; though we,have not yet observed any great abundance of them. The appearance of the ash-coloured or hooded crow in this country is considered as the harbinger of winter.: These birds presented themselves in considerable numbers in the latter part of the month of October, immediately after the westerly gales which occurred at that period. The hooded crow breeds, and is numer ous in the: Highlands of Scotland ; and we have generally observ ed that their appearance in England is more influenced by high winds and stormy weather than by what we call the severity of the season, or the early setting in of frost. Hares have been found in abundance—many have been shot, many killed by the long dogs; but, in the early part of the season, they seemed generally to escape from harriers, owing to the unfavourable state of the atmosphere. Great numbers of leverets have fallen victims to their incapacity both with harriers and greyhounds, to say nothing of those which have yielded to the tube of the shooter. The fineness of the summer continued the lireeding season till a later period than usual, which accounts for the circumstance just mentioned. Fox-Hunting.—Melton and its vicinity will now be filled with sportsmen. 'The hunts throughout the kingdom will be in full activity, should not frost interrupt the operations of the chase. The best, ' , we ever witnessed have occurred in the mouth of December,"days sometimes occur in this month as favourable to scent as possible.: We hope not only to have the "ocular proof," but shortly to 'demonstrate to our readers that we have " Heard the horn winded, and felt the morn's breath, Have got well out of cover, well in at the death." Of Anglisty this month we are not prepared, nor is it necessary to say much. The observations of November will apply with even more force 't9 December, trolling for pike and plc being almost the only employ for the fisherman. Pais a brief while and he and we will again be labouring in our vacation. THEATRICAL. ANECDOTE. (FRONI A CORXISPONDENT.) Much amusement is excited in the theatrical circles on the sub ject of the courtship of one of the most fascinating of our singers, by a gentleman of fortune, to whom she has been lately united. The following particulars, which we give without decoration or overcharge, are the most striking connected with the history of this romantic affair :—The lady, while performing in one of the popular operas brought out a few seasons ago, played the mischief with the heart of a poor man who, though of sufficient rank and wealth to venture upon a self-introduction amongst such "small fry," did not know exactly how to go about it. At last an op portunity presented itself. He was informed that the lady was to set off for Manchester, on a certain day, in the mail, and putting two hank notes, the one for 1001. the other for 101. in his pocket, he paid for the three vacant seats in the coach, in the expectation of a delightful Olte-a-ate. How great then must have been his disappointment, when upon entering the coach he found, not the exquisite creature whose features were ever present to his imagina tion, but au old harridan, like her of whose ehin'Sheridan said from the mouth of the Jew, "a razor would not be amiss for either of us." Before he reached the second stage he left his com panion in disgust; but having received the strongest assurances that she whom be sought must reach Manchester within a given time, he drove off in a post-cheile. They reached the town near ly et the same moment. This was ominous ; but still he was at a loss for an introduction, and in this emergency lie determined at length to "stoop to conquer," by associating with her satellites. He set up at a fashionable hotel, and invited several of the per formers to dine with him; but as he did not wish that his family should be infiirined of his pranks, he passed with his landlord and guests as Mr. Jenkins. Many a jovial scene took place in the house of the- landlord, who, although he liked the address and liberality of Mr. Jenkins well enough, by no means admired his choice of companions, and thought it was high time to send in the. bill. The day before this determination was come to, however, an awkward accident occurred to poor Mr. Jenkins, The benefit night of his gloved was advertised. Here was an occasion of introducing himself with the most acceptable grace. Ile knocked at the door. She was at home. He announced himself in his real name. She had hoard it before, and blushed to hear it again. Ile was admitted to her presence, looked, sighed, begged a ticket , received it, seized the hand that held it, kissed it, threw a bank uote upon the table, looked and sighed again, and ran nut of the house. "Now," said he to himself, "that I have accomplished s o much, I had better go home to prevent the suspicions of my mother. I should just pay my bill with this 1001. note , and b e off." He pulled 'out his only bank-note; and looked at it as Macbe t h looked 'at the " air-drawn dagger." It was the 10/. He had giVen the other for the ticket for the play. His bill was nearly mentioned to one of 60t, and he was a stranger in Manchester, and not master of more than a sixth part of the slim. In tbillevxattsreedgnocietasy occasioned enewd wished to to apply to a banking-house in the town, confident that the name of Lis family the partners h m is us n t e(t e is k ity no , w w n strange accident, he 'told his name,' and request th at h i s draft shed. The Manchester upon_his banker in London ; might be ca to o bli ge , but be thought proper to inquirethe banker was willing e to wn, and having requested that he would applicant's address in t sent to the hotel to learn some • ' be seated for a few toinittee, heard a particu lars. The landlord stared of name so unlike that of his hich, uew guest. " No," said he, " v hernobodyhim; he said , that name iu my house, „b o d e erylske and I believe he is a bit of a hut, have blue when I heiner,fifr he looked veryasked him for any bill." This :: taigetia , Was immediately brought to, the banker, who, there upon, c° not be id a l grded. expressed hie regret that the accom u The unfortunate l over h a d now uo a lternative but that of writi ng to London , His landlord, who eyed him with 'the greatest suspicion, (f or th e report t h a t h e had p pl at the banker's soon reached th e hotel), resolved that his cus tomer should never go out without a guar d ; so t h at wherever went, a distorted shoe-boy was wen at his heels, until a re- p i t t a nce arrived, and enabled hi m t o en t er w i t h ou t hi s filthy co mpanion into the presence of the l a dy w h o was t h en the dearest o bject of his wishes, and is now, of cours e , th e grea t e st source of odati poooliootel t y lid his felicity,.-. Times. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK• (Prom the Greenock Advertiser.) A smack, the Marchioness of Huntly, of and for 'Wick, from Leith, with nearly twenty passengers, male and le male, with a valuable cargo of goods, after being on t he previous morning within a mile of he r destined port, ait taken by .the gale, driven off the Caithness coast, and stranded at three o'clock on Saturday morning, on the Links of Boyndie, a little southward of the Knockhead, and small harbour of Bletkpots ; and having been pro l i e dentially put into a narrow creek amo n g the rocks; th only possible place, in an extent of nearly two milee, where there was a chance of saving the v e ssel or proptitiiall the crew and passengers (one of them , a de licate young we' istigue) Wert got man, has since died from fright and landed by great exertion, and hospitably receiyed in and about the village of Whitehills, and at the house of Mr. Milne, Mill of Boyndie, who, with his serV ants, horses, and carts, attended at the wreck the whole of the' day ; and the cargo was, with the aid of the officers and men of th Preventive Coast guard from Banff, got on shore u , and safely housed in Mr. Milne's granary at Whi te bills, nder proper care. The vessel, if the gale moderate early, maY be repaired and got off the beach. The cargo of the Afarehioness ,of H untly was a very valuable one, consist. ing of teas, fruit, wine, oil; spirits', iron, and bale gods, much of which is entirely destroyed. In regard to this vessel, it is most singular, that the creek she came inn is is not above sixty feet wide, and is the safes t spot upothe whole range - of that coast ; and so unconsci ous were die people of their situation, that when safely landed, they asked if they were near Inverness. .About a quarter of a mile farther west, and immediately oosite to the , villag Of W hitehills , a large vessel name -unknown, p e was seers at dawn of day on Sunday morning to come in among the breakers, where the coast is ettremely rugged, with broken masses of large, rocks extending s siderable way out from the land, and immediately became an entire wreck, not a soul on board saved, and the piece' of the vessel broken into enull portions, coining on abort among •the rocks along the. coast. From the Rose aud, Thistle being carved on :some of the ornamental parts o f 'The Rival, of Anstruther, Captain Le the vessel that have been picked up, it is conjectured to have been a British brig. Belfast, with 1860 barrels of linseed,' was wrecked on Sa turday morning, near Permit: the crew were with great difficulty saved t also part of the c ar g o s and materials. The Atdnaskiach, Paterson, fro ece with uvaltiah.e cur t was put on shore on Saturday mornt at s ;: e o'clock, on a sandy beach' five miles east of airn; t slie; from Riga to ship and cargo to all appearance have sustained little and it is expected, on landing part of the cargo, sb e i d be got, off and proceed on her voyage. We underitan the owner dispatched, on Monday, an experienced carpentir to assist in getting the vessel off. ashore The hull of a vessel, name unknown , i s cast about two miles to the west of Banff. The stern. of a vessel his 'been cast ashore at Cul l ' n ' said to hive Jean of Leith painted on It. - Ittletea beach. on ln the fact , c n o:is . t near couldFo e h h a a b l e , Another wreck is reported to have comet ashore at Borg; vessel goods, directed for Wick and Thurso, are strewed 1 t ) { 1 ,1 ray Firth during this awful storm. , ertilivaedgit7tulttietlm„°: LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. , , r The highest price of Bread in the I\letropolis - is 94 *`:' - tw o. 41b. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfrenPY '`) pence halfpenny below that price PItICE 1 ---- " --- E 5 ----------r— * 7s° 0 S S.-. Dee. floe lot • New Stash fled Clover Seed (per Cwt.). «,;.4.... Oa. 72 0 . boi: 6* , 00 N ° :1 1 :e ib w ix D pic F i tra W 0 ttt re 0055 1i p .i i n 7............ ......................................... „ " Di n :, Ditto _. ~ _. - .... , -1-1: jant.. : ,.4.56, 40, 444 : , : litiotillinr:este..ol,..B3:`*:.: w3+, New New White Clover ..............- :.,• • .o.' g ri t ao. "7 O F.ri ld gi D il i th lto Ca isttotor tr f a cedi wai g Seed_ . -..............-::-.- -- - ----- " *.. ................... , --- 1 . .1 12. . : . f :: 1 1: , e . ::: : 1: 415 :1 ::: New Trefoil ................................1.........................w.^. Vii. ~ i tr, tine - ' -........................,...... _ . ~ ~,,,. wi. tio 0..., Foreign Ditto .....0.--------::. 3 ,61 r. MAL gieW tine ...... Coriander '`..."------- -,, 04. AL , 30. 40,.. St. Foin . Lp lt acil ys iseee t y :l d r n as . (per Quarier)...----".-_,,,„.... abs. L.s'. ma y. ores - *"."."--- aLlio. lieVi 'S. 14. - .......*""*.'...._........... ...NS. aio. , 41 ‘• t t i o ",, ' /,. Ditto, tbr eru5hing..........-...........-*.-•-•'""-'—mg ....s. .". '''. ' ...• Canary Seed, New... 901. 105‘. fine 1100. ..4....' ......, 12,. 1 10. line i 2,. White Mutant Seed .---4 per Bu lhel) "'"' ... - 4. • 16 ' 141' noe -4 Brown Ditto .._ ......................................... tue tine. 4 . isurnip Seeds, Rounds ------...----,-..- " -4 ... . al ow, ___, ~., 77 - = . ...,'" --- .,,,,„, n ......-_ , T,r w ... 4 . 0 4 . ti n e Ns. . v. • For fll j.IL-122....„, Green and Tares, oie Roe Seed, lists, line (per Last) IPU. to 28/..__ . PECOI---' OIL. go 0 - Wt. ....• ...... Reined •••••••"""" 0 0 ----"*".......r................... 14 c 0 o_, Rape OD, brown lAusead Oil —,....,•---__ Linseed Oil Cake At the M Rape Cake, per tOD I TECH APEX. HAY MARKEL—MK. , ; 4. so 90, Ot • 756. (U. to 1056. Od. I 309 ▪ 90 6 . Oil to L 966. Ott Hay—. Clover Plifel OF IOPS (per Cwt.)--I)ec. 4. Pockets. Magi. , e 4 1, It* Kent ... 41. Os. 4/. as. to 61 . Oa. Kent .... N. Ss. 31 , Idi. • / nli. E.,Sussex SI. 16s. 4!. 41. to 4!. Bs. Sussex $l. sh. -'f; - 1 : 6 14 ; t t f, 41 itl . :• SOX.. 4/. Os. 41. 151. to St. Ss. Essex ... 3/. 64 .. ' - t ,, 71. '''' Fitrohato, tine (Pockets) 71 OA. to 81 fivie-Seconds, 61. Oi• Old Duty laid at 160.3311. Os. 4-I.li la_ PRICE OF POTATOKS.-.-Dec. 4. , • , ~,a ion. Oxuobles and Shaw. ••••••••••.......• N. 6161 0 V. I- • • .0, Marsh Champ10ni........................... N. 4.4. to 41. 10a. d,. Per lb. PRICES OF LATIItR. A . fb• 0 d. d.' 1 ,I t t o 90 to iii • Tanned 1101 0 11140,•••• i s to l$ 4 to 24 Spanish I 4 to 15 l'er,6 pit - L Calf Skint.... dozen. t_ ,„ 0 Ditto ....—......... 50 to /olb. r r o is Ditto „,........,... 70 to Oa 1 1 :, ;10 Moil' Seals, 0 Coonlso --- - Ditto ~......60 to Dressing Fine Coach Hides . Crop Hides, 35 to fib... Ditto....---45 to Ditto 15 to 17 igi to 10 15 to 17 17 to 19 a, BA.W t. Per Stone. s• .d. 9l Per WPC y 0 t2 .A. Best Heifers aid Steers 28to 3 Ordlual.p .- 1 1 " Middlinp A 4 to s s 6 Market call Best Heifers aid Steers 2 8 to 3 V 1 urm......,_.- ___,,, lididdlittp -..--........... 2 4 to 2 6 I Market Call ....."•-- , 4. COAL MARKET. --De• 4 .. . . ' sof s. d. sd. y e tslkere'gs 0 Adairs, 9 Vi• Trade •32 0 Wi11ingt0n....,........ 34 ~.n OO ,l e......... 30 3 Wy1arn............-.... 3 1 6 Viiingwortb, r e ' 5 6 C h aumont... -arlot.. 32 2 Walls End Bell's- , 94 0 w i ih ipped ."'"' ii 0 Eigluon ........... 30 6 Walls Endßew icke9 4 9 wok e poll -o'o 2 Felling Main . - 30 ti W. E. Brown's..-,.93 0 r „ hu Chri ie2 , set n ne c o st i Bided Heaton...--.-...... 34 6 W. E. Green's..., 9 9 9 Hebbum Main..- T.l 6 %V. E. Hotspur ... 39 9 „ Lysn's 0 119 9 his . 30 I : Killinowotth ....- 33 9 W. E. Newmarch gt : Hewn's 111 0• 4 ~ Ord's Redhugh -30 0 W. E. Northumb. ,', wails Ella 0 ,,,„ r . Pontop Windsor- 30 2 W. K Riddell's...92, .w . k - :, StsW' Tantleld Moor.— 32 6 W. E. Russell's .... 9 4 ' rownliy-----. 31 0 L....UW/4W, 314' Sabi at Market "12-•-.liltips sold. 0 . - Po ....... , IRISH MARKETS. .. r Doc I . ti. f' DUBLIN MARKET NOTE -',1114 'To r ll Front 90 0 0 .1 i 1,927 %Vilest, per barrel. 20 stone ...... 19 ~ 12 0 12 1 0 177 Bete . 16 stone ...... - NI X 92 0 'lf 1 42t Barley .......,......-..... RI stone ....... 1. " go 0 0 9 ,, I,S' Oats 14 491 Cwt. f10ur.............. 9 stone ........ 9 1 ' go 0 ' u '.lll Oatmeal .. . • IRISH MARKETS I4 . IDe DDUBLINbIARKWIs NOTE.-- }root I,STI Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 1 0 4 2 177 Bete 449 Barley Id stone 1,1179 Oats 4491 Cwt. 0 stone t i 17 0 Oa 11 stone Sold to liakcrs only. n 01 01 " 1,155 Cwt. flour 15 per SOO' Average pries of 'Wheat and Flour 48'. m. to First' trolnim.,„. to Receiptse: a ecelpts of Flour, 10,7561 soco di s Kw . front w•• Saki Of Da. 9,491 fton „, rims or slorAri• te!>" o - Quartern Loaf, 41b. boa. dd. 1114 P Fl oar, oar, re ,%". o. l° o • 5.41. 0 • 4 " Selig 0 10 0 " -18 0 , 10 130.-1 lieriJ 15 0-.1. in °, p 10 lirou No Or Of " 0" 00--00 I);r.l . );rre per r . - '1 na - 20 stone. Id stone. 14 stone. I st , ...... 1 :....- - ''' .- A 1 ,4 4 ,.' .................... na.........a..• ............... ......;......... i i s,- ov it s. d. it. d. s.d. as. d. 4. rl• IE O iteill) Cork ..»«. 94 9-28 917 0.....78 tet 0...17 sis 0.40 0 160"' , ®0 00,4, 1-11nerick t 7 6-32 8178- 0 170.-16 16 19110 Waterford t 7 6-?.0 617 0-W 016 0-16 8 170- .10 13 °--i0 )4 1} 11 1) Galway -et 4-31 3 le 0-37 3is 2-Itt 4 is o-igo 1 50- 0 10 0- ' 40 Clonruel -49 9-900 188-19 015 2-17 0 160-.17 0 14 0 * 0 OV DO Tralee ...„- id 0-30 0 It; 0-17 4 12 9-19 3 200.- 0 0 DO"' 0 0 0 0 ' 011 Carlow .». 90 0-31 6 16 0-18 0 14 0-16 0 190-r 0 0 , o „,__°" - 0 0 0 0 " .. Belfast* -,11 6.-12 6 00- 00 7 0.-10 0 00.-00 ov -- -- Por Cwt. tie d3a ...-._,-,...--- ---___ .......___L------- ti... beef, Mutton, Veal, Pork, ~ '..", per ln. per lb. per In. per cwt , ta _....... < I , c 11 . .............. ......-.-.. ............... --.................,...-... •""'"; i 4 1. 11. 1 , ,,,4 ,', d. •d. .a4.l.ad.s.d.a 0. d, I. it L'7, i 4, 0 0 Cork ... 4-65-60 .- 0 IS 0.-90 0 in „- 7, 064 0 4 Limerick , 3- 41 ,- 40-0 49 0-.32 0 r"' `,,; .„,„ •••. 11 Wi- w •rford 0-00-0 0 -0 26 0-3 S 6940-- A " - ~.. 4 Galway— si —4 Si 41 4-5 28 0-.37 VA si—.o Clonrael -9-5 Si-b 4 -6 44 0-9 5 089 „ i s v J 0 0.- 00el 0 11 11 ; 411 ...• 0 .; 0 Trait° «.... 4-54-5 8 -7 - 0-• 00 09 9 V A ... 9 )(ofast ...... 0 -0 ) - 0 0 ....0 97 0- 0099 0 -i" v • ...litef %%eat, per barrel 20 stone. Oat*. B.Tin%rel ll:barrel Per WY stone. 14 'ton.. DIED. On the let inst., &$ Chisliehurst, Konti-Solniia, youngest / .40 of the late Samuel Diedivrood, Esq.. of 1 " 1 aged '7B. Printed and Pallobed by Al. YOUN SIALAND. G, at Oa Seolll'*. 1311,